Graham Smith
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- May 2006
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- 12/9/2007
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Zoot Future 32 Bit Version
10/26/2006
Daly
>My fantasy all year has been that the Admiral will gift us with a brand new 32-bit
>version of Zoot for Christmas.
>
>I haven't heard anything, and am a bit shy to make my
>usual quarterly re...
review of graphical thinking tools
10/25/2006
This link was posted on the MInd Manager group, and may have been posted here before, but its an interesting read.
http://www.banxia.com/dexplore/pdf/Map_for_qual_data_struct.pdf
Graham
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/20/2006
Wes
>>Have you tried Mind Genius?
>http://www.mindgenius.com/
>
>Not yet; thanks for
>the advice. I'm downloading it now, and will evaluate it.
I look forward to hearing how you get on.
Graham
Derek
>RFFlow. I had no idea that it was still being developed.
I discovered it by accident a few weeks ago and was very impressed. It was easy to use and I felt the default settings gave me diagra...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/20/2006
Wes
>Which brings me to MindManager. It seems to fit me
>better than any other mind mapping tool I've evaluated. The keystrokes for adding
>nodes to the map are intuitive: enter for a sibling and...
Derek
>After grappling with Visio (which I have never liked using) and rejecting SmartDraw
>as too expensive, I've recently been looking at mind mapping tools as another way of
>drawing process map...
How I use Ideamason - and why
10/19/2006
Hugh
>>Why is IM better than Liquid Story
>Binder for fiction writing?
>Ha! ;>) I like elements of both (on limited
>acquaintance). However...
Thanks Hugh, that is an interesting and useful comp...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/19/2006
Derek
>back-burner, at the least. I notice that VisiMap's own support forum has been closed,
That is a shame. I have just downloaded it and it is rather attractive in its simplicity, while still ha...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/19/2006
Stephen
>For pure brainstorming, I still most prefer BrainStorm. I find that
>mindmapping is useful only if I compress branch titles into tight informative
>phrases.
I think we may be using the b...
How I use Ideamason - and why
10/19/2006
Hugh
>The use of IdeaMason for fiction writing - a use for which it's
>possibly the best product around, but for which it's certainly not designed - must be
>one symptom of this.
Why is IM bette...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/19/2006
Stephen
>Cassius wrote:
>
>>While I do not use mind
>>mappers, I'd like to point out that in
>Personal Brain, ANY node can become the " ...
>>ultimate element at the center."
>
>
>Maybe I should...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/19/2006
Stephen
>Does Buzan present a different account?
Not especially, but the wikipedia account doesn't really explain how Buzan came to supporting this approach through his studies into memory and le...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/19/2006
Jack
>I do my brainstorming in text mode, using an outlining
>program. However, I do find it useful to then switch the view to a graphical one and
>observe the connections and patterns. I might e...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/19/2006
Stephen
>In subsequent posts you clarify what you are looking for.
In truth I am not sure what I am looking for, as I do use many of the other features for other things, but my requirements for mi...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/18/2006
Stephen
> To me, the term is just stupid. It isn't a map of the mind. To the limited extent that it is a
>map at all, it is a map of whatever it purports to be dealing with.
Have you read Tony Bu...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/18/2006
>Have you ever looked at B-Liner?
Indeed I have and I bought a license for it some years ago. A very clever program, but its more of diagramming program than a mind mapping program with some clever ...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/18/2006
Derek
>Over on the Yahoo Groups site StephenD mentioned another possible program (VisiMap,
>a UK developer) and asked for comments from users.
Visimap was the first Mind Mapping program I owned, a...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/18/2006
Steve,
>The idea of mind mapping is seductive, but in practice I've never found it very
>effective for me.
I find it useful for particular applications. Initial brainstorming and when I want a one ...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/18/2006
>I think mindmapping in a literal sense should not be restrictive,
I think this is part of my problem as my main use of mind mapping is the idea processing/brain stormimg approach introduced by Tony...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/18/2006
Nigel
>I regularly use MindManager and have used FreeMind in the past. The other
>program I have is PersonaBrain http://www.thebrain.com. I have also tried Cmaps
>(http://cmap.ihmc.us/).
Thanks, ...
Your choice of mind mapping software
10/17/2006
Although I have several different mind mapping programs (Mind Manager, Mind Genius, Inspiration, FreeMind and Axon) I don't feel that any of them really what I am looking for. All of them are excellen...
Outlines of outlines
10/6/2006
Derek,
>> >Given my modest requirements
>
>I should have been clearer; I meant
>"modest" in relation to graphics. I absolutely agree about Zoot's power.
I understand :-)
Graham
Outlines of outlines
10/6/2006
Derek
> I haven't tried out the IS/Windows version you use, mainly because they don't seem to have a trial version. I
>like to see what I am getting. It's clear, though, that it has become a much mo...
Outlines of outlines
10/5/2006
Derek
>2. Sync a Zoot folder to a windows folder. This adds file-links and 32k of each file’s contents (max) to the respective Zoot >Notes. Zoot’s query feature will find results both in the notes th...
Outlines of outlines
10/4/2006
Derek,
>I think Zoot has a way of searching linked files, but I’ve never got it to work.
Are you still using Zoot?
The searching should just happen, other than linking the file, you shouldn't ne...